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2017-18 Season

The 2017-18 UMass Minutemen men's basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts. The Head Coach is Matt McCall. The team plays its home games in the Mullins Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, and is a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference.

The season represents the 109th season of basketball in the school's history.

Scoreboard

Exhibition. 5 Minutemen in double-figures, Baldwin tallies a double-double with 15 points. Hines shoots 6-7, McLean 6-8. UM wakes up from a 3-point deficit late in the first with a +19 in the second half. Holloway (thumb) and Pierre (flu) DNP.

Tied with less than 5 to play, a UM 8-0 run proves too much for the River Hawks to overcome. Hines a double-double with 11 & 13. McLean double-digits in his college debut. Miller's 10 points doubles his prior career total.

Pipkins hits a 3 to force overtime, and another with 8 seconds left in OT, but Aiken hits the winner for Harvard with just 2 seconds left. Pip also tallies 7 rebounds and 3 steals. Holloway 15 points, Anderson 12. 50 points combined for those three, just 17 from the rest of the team. FTAs: UM 11, Harv 23.

Barclays Center Classic event game, at LIU-Brooklyn. UM can't keep up with the #14 Gophers, and struggle with shooting (32.3% overall, 20% from 3). Gophers go on 14-0 run in first half. Pipkins the only Minuteman in double-figures. Holloway fouls out in 20 minutes, tallying 6 pts, 2 rebounds.

Barclays Center Classic. UM builds a 10 point lead with 4:44 to play, but then gives up an 11-0 run. Back-and-forth in the final minutes, but UM misses a defensive assignment in final seconds. Holloway comes back, but BYU shuts down Pipkins (9 points, 1-12 FGs).

UM's lack of aggression lets QU win it. UM claws back from a 12-point second-half deficit, but couldn't make the plays when they mattered most. Holloway plagued by 2 fouls in just 56 seconds of first half action. Anderson's 23 sets a new career high. Miller shoots 4-5 for 9 points. Pipkins struggles with 2-13 shooting.

UM hits 7-12 from 3 in the first to hang tough, but a 28-12 foul disparity in SC's favor raises some eyebrows. Pipkins breaks out of his recent funk. Pierre adds 12, but no other Minuteman hits double figures.

UM kicks in the defense, and Cross goes 10:03 without a field goal across the halftime break. Minutemen play a small lineup most of the night, with 80% of the points. Hines adds 10 from the front court. UM helps their case with drawing fouls, and converting with 20-22 from the stripe.

UM led 53-47 with under 8 to play, but GSU went on to hit 7 threes, and put the game away. GSU 16-25 (64%) from 3 on the night, while just 28% from 2. UM 19 assists on 22 buckets. Miller 10 points. Holloway held to just 8 & 5 in 20 minutes of foul-trouble PT.

Minutemen build a 34-point lead with 12:38 to play, then go into holiday mode and Maine goes on a 35-12 run the rest of the way. Pierre sets new career high. Pipkins adds 16, Hines & Holloway 10 each. Anderson 0 points, but 12 assists & 7 rebounds.

UM fights to a 25-24 lead in the first, but SBU goes on runs of 21-8 and 30-11 to put the game away. Dynamic duo of Adams and Mobley score 32 and 28 respectively for SBU, each shooting 10-16 from the floor. Hines 16 (career high) & 7, Anderson 11, Holloway 10.

Livingston goes off for a career high 33 for GMU. Mason wins the glass by 10, and hits 20-22 from the line. Holloway the bright spot for UM with a double-double, and blocks a career high 6. Pip struggles with 5-14 shooting and 7 turnovers, and CJ goes cold (2-14). Hines 9 & 9, Pierre 10 pts.

With Anderson & Holloway suspended, chances for a UM win appear dismal, but rest of team steps up huge and wins at UD Arena for first time since 2008. Pipkins leads all scorers. UM falls behind by 11 in the first, then builds an 8-pt lead in the second, and holds on. Career highs for McLean in rebounds (9) and minutes (36).

UM sleepwalks thru the first 21 minutes as La Salle builds a 48-27 lead with 18:21 to play. Pipkins, who had a respectable first half with 13 points, takes over, scoring 17 points in just 6½ minutes in the second. Pip's 44 points sets a new UM program record. Pierre also notches a great game with 25 points (matches career high). Anderson returns, off the bench. Holloway remains suspended, on bench in street clothes.

UM lays an egg on the day Marcus Camby is honored by the Naismith Award, with a new season low in points. FG %: SLU 52%, UM 35%. UM loses the glass by 12. Pierre scores 13, but rest of team combined scores just 17.

Curtis Cobb transferred into UMass for the 2017-18 season.42)43) Per NCAA transfer rules, he must sit out the 2017-18 season, but retains two years of eligibility.

Keon Clergeot transferred into UMass for the 2017-18 season.44)45) Per NCAA transfer rules, he must sit out the 2017-18 season, but retains three years of eligibility.

Kieran Hayward transferred into UMass for the 2017-18 season.46) Per NCAA transfer rules, he must sit out the 2017-18 season, but retains three years of eligibility.

Malik Hines was a partial qualifier for the 2014-15 season47)48) and has two years of eligibility remaining, assuming he makes adequate progress towards his degree.

Rashaan Holloway was a partial qualifier for the 2014-15 season.49)50) After 2017-18, he could earn one final season of eligibility, provided he achieves GPA standards and makes adequate progress towards a degree.51)

Jonathan Laurent transferred into UMass for the 2017-18 season.52)53)54) Per NCAA transfer rules, he must sit out the 2017-18 season, but retains two years of eligibility.

Unique McLean sat out the 2016-17 season, but retains four years of eligibility.55)

Luwane Pipkins was a non-qualifier for the 2015-16 season, and has three years of eligibility remaining, assuming he makes adequate progress towards his degree.56)57)